The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-12
ALL EYES WERE ON CHIe4ca
How News of the Execution of tba
archists Was Anxiously Awaitea =
Sympathizers with the Revolutionists p.
Quiet-The Public Generally Approval ),
the Hanging-Parsons's Visit liar

The local interest in the execution of ~.
archists. yesterday, was intense. and 49,
everywhere. Around the nome circle
factories, places of bu siness and resor,
streets and in the public Offices. poth;,.'. ~
was talked about Every bulletin az IN.
paper Offices was scanned by thousand, ~
pie, who, after taking in it's meaning. pass.
with an expression or satisfaction or rscr.. !.
the latter feeling there was apparently YER, i.
tie. the general opinion being that the -.
asserted itself. There was feeling of rails.
too, that anarch istic influences bad been -
awed By the excellent precautionary m......
and did not manifest itself in an uprsiu, =, :.
mob Some people have dreaded tia, 49,
renee and felt relieved when the new.
speeding in from Chicago that all va. 80
But this did not satisfy the more appreh.,.;~'
who still fostered their fears that the ro..-
and revengeful may yet manifest thenssl,..i !.
some terrible movement Happily these ,.,..
were entertained only by small minori,v :.
everybody had little to say about possbils..
of the kind.
There was . sensational rumor on the s,,...
that man had been badly beaten by rough, =.
expressing regret that Fielden and Scnwab VA.
not hanged with the other Anarchists On j.
vestigation it was learned that the person A..
saulted was rot perceptibly injured; tia. the A..
fair was only drunken row. and that anarchy
had nothing to do with It
The people in Indianapolis whose syov.a
sympathies are directly with the Ansrcb,.,.
would not make bakers dozen. They weree,,a
full. yesterday. not to let the public know VIA,
their opinions in regard to the execution wsrs
Among themselves, though. they depl nred ia
event. called il murder, tyranny. the throttlir,
of liberty and all sucn things. One of them =
little after the noon hour, was eaeerlv reading
the first accounts of the hanging to a fellow 81
cialist of anarchistic ideas. He exclaimed a
the close of the last sentence drscrbn,
the drop Of the trap. My God! n
is dreadful" When Parsons and Schwsb vera
here at Mozart Hall, few months before tbs
Haymarket riot. preaching bloodshed. that syu.
pathizer occupied seat the platform
While he listened intently, he refrained from
applause, but after the meeting he joined Par
sons and about dozen others of tina, liz
organize . circle. The circle has not since beeu
heard of to any extent. although now and then
the few would frequently meet TO create local
enthusiasm for their fanatlcal ideas Parsons
told q reporter of tie Journal that he did nos
expect to do much in Indianapolis, but he cane
to SOW the seed. Another recollection of that
time is Parsonss anxiety TO be correctly report
ed, with an intmation that ne would be pleased
if some Of his furious appeals were toned down
to suit the conservative feeling prevailing 10 the
city. He and Schwab left the city With very
little hops of hearing from the Indianapolis An.
archists again. Among their followers that
visit has been treasured as q sacred memory
but the injury il has done, il any, Is not app.s.
ciabie.
No class of the community express greater
satisfaction at the execution Of th-se murdsruas
agiraters than the GsrmAns- s'What do your
people say of the executions" was asked OF rap
resentarive German.
s.What can they say" he replied. "but susri
II such fellows do not like the laws of this
try they can leave. Nobody asked them TO
come. and nobody wants them to stay. The
sturdy German LOYALTY TO America s op-
posed to any form of seditiop. and particularly
to that Of hot headed fanatics who want to over
throw all law. A mau who cannot live under
American laws is not it to be the citizen Of any
country. / arm opposed to this indiscrimnaa
emigration With q few worthy people, We are
now getting the offscourings of Europe. Whm
came here with my father in 1854. be and
intended to become Americans ID
all that term implies. The ctsraessf
of emigrants then was different from what II is
now. But very little of the ecruf came ossi
then; now the good are the exception. wais as
scoundreis and paupers predominats Ny plan
would DO TO have Congress enact law composing
every foreigner to become citizen if he wished
remain here longer than five years. An Ameriesa
can't 60 to Germany and attempt IN he least ioea
~ an agitation against the established forms
OF society without very quickly feeling the strong
arm Of the governments. If he is there TIRES
years he 10 looked upon as q citizen and must
bear the responsibility any other German citizen
doesn
Butin contradistinction to this was the ex-
preston Of an American who thought tbs An.
archists ought not to have been hung because
he thought they did not have fair trial. Tiers
NAV be others like him but they have not shows
themselves, for what little has been said aboas
the execution by those opposed TO it took t1s
line of mercy or policy. None of them. though
nouneed that Parsons. EngsI, Spies and Fischer
wero no more.